Faculty and Staff

Introduction to College Writing; Writing in the Disciplines; Business Writing; Technical Writing; Special Topics in Professional Writing; Theory and Practice of Rhetoric; Technology and Writing

Study Abroad Courses:

Kentucky Institute for International Studies (KIIS) Study Abroad Program In Greece; “The Road To Athens”: Travel Writing and the Greece Experience; Ancient Greek Rhetoric: Past and Future; Professional Writing for Transnational and Transcultural Purposes

Professional and Technical Writing, Rhetorical Theory, Digital Media Studies, Pedagogical Theory, Writing Theory

Jeffrey (J. A.) Rice earned a BA degree from The Ohio State University, an MA degree from the University of Vermont, and a PhD in Rhetoric and Composition Studies from the University of Florida (UF). Prior to coming to WKU, he was the Writing Coordinator for First-Year Writing at UF. Dr. Rice’s research focuses on the philosophic and applied relationships between rhetorical theory, digital media technology, and writing, and appears in numerous journals and edited collections, such as Composition Forum, Business Communication Quarterly, Educational Theory and Philosophy, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, and Writing Posthumanism, Posthuman Writing. His most recent book, Beyond Postprocess (Utah State University Press, 2011), is a co-edited collection that reevaluates what it means to write and to study writing in the digital age. Dr. Rice regularly teaches in WKU’s Professional Writing program and especially enjoys teaching expository, argumentative, technical/professional, and study abroad writing courses. In addition to his research and teaching, he has worked as Case Study Developer for Technical Communication in the Twenty-First Century (Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2009), as well as an organizational communication consultant for several businesses in the greater Nashville area.